For many tourists, the visit to the ancient city in southwest Jordan ends ... into the rock to collect rainwater. They also built dams and reservoirs to store water. Petra contains more than ...

Deep within Jordan’s desolate desert canyons and rugged mountains lies an ancient treasure, the stone city of Petra ... example at Petra of a monument not sculpted out of rock, is a large ...

For hundreds of years, the 2,300-year-old city of Petra, Jordan was largely abandoned and ... advanced irrigation system, and elegant rock-cut tombs and temples. It was a major trading hub for ...

The ancient city of Petra in modern-day Jordan prospered for centuries as a ... and temples carved directly into the rock, has been one of the region’s greatest tourist attractions for decades ...

Inhabited since prehistoric times, this Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia. Petra is ...

Against the backdrop of the ancient Nabatean city, a group of global Eisenhower Fellows reunited in Jordan, exploring Petra’s ...

JEF Chairman Mazen Hmoud stresses the importance of discussing the rose-red city's tourism challenges amidst regional developments (File photo) AMMAN — The Jordan Economic Forum (JEF) has held a ...